David Owen

BIOG : DAVID OWEN : BORN IN LEEDS. 17 SEPTEMBER 1963. I AM A GRAPHIC ARTIST WITH TOO MANY YEARS EXPERIENCE IN ALL AREAS OF ART, GRAPHIC DESIGN, ADVERTISING & PRINT.
I AM HIGHLY INDIVIDUAL WITH A SOMEWHAT UNCONVENTIONAL WORLDVIEW - A WEIRD SLANT TOWARDS POP ART WITH A TWIST OF CARNIVAL THROWN IN FOR GOOD MEASURE - A BASTARD SON OF JOSEPH CORNELL AND PETER BLAKE. I'M HANDY WITH A SCALPEL AND AN APPLE MAC. I KNOW WHAT "RIGHT READING EMULSION SIDE DOWN" MEANS.

I LIVE IN WHITBY.

MUCH OF MY WORK IS CONCERNED WITH FOLK MUSIC AND ITS IMAGE. FOLK MUSIC
IS USUALLY PORTRAYED, OR PERCEIVED, AS ANCIENT, PASTORAL, VINTAGE, FROZEN IN TIME
- THE USUAL STEREOTYPES OF BEARDS, JUMPERS AND FINGERS-IN-EARS. BUT FOLK MUSIC
IS AN EVOLVING, LIVING, CONTEMPORARY VEHICLE FOR TRANSMITTING STORIES AND IDEAS, LIVES,
LOVES AND FEARS - THE HUMAN CONDITION. FOLK SONGS HAVE EVOLVED OVER DECADES
AND ACROSS GENERATIONS, SOME OVER CENTURIES. NAMES GET CHANGED, LOCATIONS GET MOVED, MODERN EVENTS ARE INCORPORATED, THE SONGS GROW, CHANGE SHAPE, ADAPT, EVOLVE,
AND MUTATE. WHEN CECIL SHARP, VAUGHAN WILLIAMS ET AL TRAVELLED THE COUNTRY
TO COLLECT AND RECORD THE SONGS, THEY INADVERTANTLY 'FROZE' THEM IN THEIR RECORDINGS AND W...